goniosomatine

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noun

Any harvestman of the subfamily Goniosomatinae.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noungoniosomatine (plural goniosomatines)

plural goniosomatines

  1. Any harvestman of the subfamily Goniosomatinae.

    As we mentioned above, females of goniosomatine harvestmen increase their foraging activities during the period of egg production and leave the cave habitat on a daily basis, while males and NOFs may remain stationary inside the cave for three or more days [43, 33 ].

    2015 September 3, “Egg Production Constrains Chemical Defenses in a Neotropical Arachnid”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From translingual Goniosoma + -ine.

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